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Loss Aversion and Reference Points in Contracts

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  • Just, David R.
  • Wu, Steven Y.

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Loss aversion has become the dominant alternative to expected utility theory for modeling choice under uncertainty. The setting of the base payment in contracts provides an interesting application of referenced based decision theory. The impact of loss aversion on contract structure depends critically on whether reservation opportunities (outside options) are evaluated with respect to the reference point implied in the contract. We show that when reservation opportunities are independent of the reference point, reward contracts are optimal. However, when reservation opportunities are evaluated against the reference point, then penalty contracts are more efficient.

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Paper provided by SCC-76: Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources in its series SCC-76 Meeting, March 31-April 2, 2005, Myrtle Beach, SC with number 28727.

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Handle: RePEc:ags:sccfmb:28727

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Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; L14; D81; D21; D82;

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  1. Hueth, Brent & Ligon, Ethan, 2003. "On the Efficacy of Contractual Provisions for Processing Tomatoes," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 21990, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
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  1. Katharina Hilken & Kris De Jaegher & Marc Jegers, 2013. "Strategic Framing in Contracts," Working Papers 13-04, Utrecht School of Economics.

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